Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard OBEis an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC in Major League Soccer. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for 13 years, and is considered by a number of journalists and football experts to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, in addition to being widely regarded as Chelsea's greatest ever player by some Chelsea players, such as previous record goal-scorer Bobby Tambling and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityRomford, England
We played very well at the weekend and when we do it is hard for teams to beat us because we have a lot of quality in the side,
The pitch will be full of players who are capable of changing the course of the game.
There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it.
It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.
There are obviously great English players in the Premier League, and there have been so many fantastic foreigners too. They have brought such a great aspect to the game, are really enjoyable and exciting to watch, and that is one of the reasons why we have got such an exciting league.
There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]
A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.
Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic
Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.
Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.
I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.
I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.
I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.
In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.